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Immunodominance of antigenic site B over site A of hemagglutinin of recent H3N2 influenza viruses.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Popova Lyubov, Smith Kenneth, West Ann H, Wilson Patrick C, James Judith A, Thompson Linda F, Air Gillian M
Abstract excerpt
H3N2 influenza viruses have now circulated in the human population for 43 years since the pandemic of 1968, accumulating sequence changes in the hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) that are believed to be predominantly due to selection for escape from antibodies. Examination of mutations that persist and accumulate led to identification of antigenically significant mutations that are contained in five...
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